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disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient

2

town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

1

Christmas

1

to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business

1

to make a list; to enumerate

1

despondency

1

rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date

2

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

1

unvoiced opinion; (opinion of the) silent majority; views which are not expressed

1

an issue being settled; a case being closed

1

to be relieved; to feel relieved

4

final; eventual; ultimate

3

other; another; over; more than; I; me

1

sphere; circle; range; category

1

majority

1

all over the country

1

as expected; predictably; not surprisingly

1

lecturer

13

class

2

in the city

2

to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest

2

record; transcript

1

personal history; curriculum vitae; resume

1

slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark

1

otolaryngology; ear, nose, and throat department

5

forest; shrine grove

2

brain surgery

11

white sandbar; white sandbank; area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles; gravel separating a noh stage from the audience; (arch.) court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand

1

within the school

6

Nagasaki (city, prefecture)

26

three people

12

graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)

2

difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error

3

to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival

1

natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

1

to understand; to make out

2

to succeed to someone's post; to take someone's place; to take over someone's position; to step into someone's shoes

4

to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence

2

to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die

3

on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway

9

Tokyo and Nagoya

4

large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

2

changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)

1

to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder

1

space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare

1

to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest

4

to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose

4

the latter

6

planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring

1

otherwise; or else; if not

3